tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post2289250675928787395..comments2024-03-26T08:30:05.306+11:00Comments on Christianity is Esoteric: Entertaining the Reproductive Fires- 1996Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post-66994105827402433562017-09-14T17:14:22.678+10:002017-09-14T17:14:22.678+10:00Thank you! Excerpted:
http://martyrion.blogspot.co...Thank you! Excerpted:<br />http://martyrion.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-second-chakra-and-second-logos.htmlLarry Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668413396581996155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post-89389880662749352922017-07-31T07:59:00.626+10:002017-07-31T07:59:00.626+10:00When the time came in which the sexes separated, t...When the time came in which the sexes separated, these beings considered it their task to act upon the <br />new life in accordance with their mission. The regulation of sexual life emanated from them. <br />Everything which relates to the reproduction of mankind originated with them. In this they acted quite <br />consciously, but the other men could only feel this influence as an instinct implanted in them. Sexual <br />love was implanted in man by immediate transference of thought. At first all its manifestations were <br />of the noblest character. Everything in this area which has taken on an ugly character comes from later <br />times, when men became more independent and when they corrupted an originally pure impulse. In <br />these older times there was no satisfaction of the sexual impulse for its own sake. Then, everything <br />was a sacrificial service for the continuation of human existence. Reproduction was regarded as a <br />sacred matter, as a service which man owes to the world. Sacrificial priests were the directors and <br />regulators in this field. <br />-Rudolf Steiner, Cosmic MemoryMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post-55911708818985458412017-02-04T21:32:48.841+11:002017-02-04T21:32:48.841+11:00"The occult teacher is naturally obliged to a..."The occult teacher is naturally obliged to admit that the course followed by someone who is ascetic in sexual life is different from the course of one who does not avoid being of service to humanity in this way. This is soon changed into the statement: Asceticism is a requisite of occult development. The truth is something completely different. Asceticism with regard to sexual matters makes it easier for the occult pupil, makes the task more comfortable, as it were. Whoever, therefore, wishes primarily to gain insight through the pure egoism of acquiring knowledge can be assured that a certain ambition will be achieved in this direction by practicing a kind of asceticism. There can, however, BE NO OBLIGATION REGARDING ASCETICISM, but only a right to it, which must be FIRST EARNED. One must acquire the possibility of rendering a valid recompense to humanity for the avoidance of a duty, which would otherwise provide souls with an opportunity to incarnate. You see, therefore, that asceticism cannot be a rule in this respect, but may be permitted to some occultists only under certain circumstances."<br /><br />-Letter to Frau Langren 1907, History and Contents of the Esoteric SectionMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post-31357779208263086872015-09-13T20:03:46.144+10:002015-09-13T20:03:46.144+10:00http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA093a/English/RS...http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA093a/English/RSP1982/19051017p01.html<br /><br /><br />" The sexuality which made its appearance in the Lemurian Age, when we trace it backwards, when we see it in its ever higher and higher nature, becomes the Second Logos. Through the descending Kama-Principle it was the manifestation of Jehovah; through the ascending Buddhi-Principal it was the manifestation of Christ.<br /><br />Now if we submerge ourselves into the Kama of the pre-earthly period we are drawn down by the asuric beings. The higher forces of these our spiritual predecessors stand occultly bound up with the passions and forces of our own lower nature. (53) Wherever there are dissolute excesses, there the substance is given in which powerful asuric forces pour cunning intellectualism into the world. In the case of decadent tribes similar powerful asuric forces are to be found. The black magician draws his most powerful forces out of the morass of sensuality. The purpose of sexual rites is to introduce such magic into these circles. A battle is continually taking place on the earth, the one side striving to purify the passions, the other side striving to intensify sensuality. The beings who are guided by the Christ-Principle seek to win the Earth for themselves, but there are also the other antagonistic beings who seek to usurp the Earth. <br /><br />-Rudolf Steiner<br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.com